Thursday, December 21, 2006

   So very very cold in this garage...

> Anime Word of the Day

Eroge (エロゲ) is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. Those games are also appropriately called dating simulations or visual novels, while the terms hentai-games or h-games are not that common in Japan. The common form of those games show a background image, one or more characters in front (in case you are talking to someone) and a text bar that shows the dialogues, monologues, answers and decisions you can choose. Depending on the decisions you make the story will take a different direction and have a different outcome. While people unfamiliar with eroge might think they are just cheap sex games, this is not quite true. In fact, most eroge feature a deep and professional storyline, which is why so many of them are taken for anime adaptations. Those stories are naturally of the harem genre, but still can vary a lot as they can be drama, fantasy, action, material arts, horror and many more genre in additional.

Opening Act: Hiya! Well this week has been just a bit on the side of insanity for me and my friends I’m afraid. Remember how I mentioned last week about the wind storm that caused all kinds of power problems and such. Well it ended up being a lot worse than I thought it was, unfortunately my roomies parents who live in the area here as well were pretty much stormed out. They lost electricity and in fact still haven’t gotten it back. At this point I’m just hoping they get back power by Christmas. ^^ So yeah they’ve been staying with us. And while I like their parents…our house isn’t exactly huge…so suddenly have six other people living here where four of us lived comfortably before is a bit crazy. Not to mention they brought their pets too. Lmao! My house is a zoo! A beyond crazy insane zoo… So trying to get some online time has pretty much been next to impossible. Thankfully when I stay up really late at night like this I can sneak into the garage and work on my lap top using the wifi. Hehehe Sneaky aren’t I? I’m going to attempt to make some site visits after this but I apologize if I don’t make it to your site. My laptop is pretty finicky…I really need to get a new one…so it doesn’t always let me view O sites. Especially if they have involved scripts or tables. I can’t actually even view my site on this thing. But thankfully I can get to the backroom! Anyway I apologize in advance and promise once I get all these people out of my house I’ll make it up to all of you! And wow it’s really cold in my garage…ok had to go get a sleeping bag so I can wrap up in the car while typing this up! Can you believe another storm is supposed to come through tonight as well? I pray to all the gods out there that it either bypasses us or at least doesn’t delay the electricity recovery any more than it has! Ok this is a shameless plug for the NBC show called Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip! I want everyone to watch this series! Please pretty please? ^^ Honestly this is one of the best series I’ve seen air on primetime in years. It’s a combination of amazing writing and killer acting to bring across a wonderful piece of comedy and drama. It’s worth checking out so please check your local listings and give it a try just for me! ^^ New Works: Made up a wallpaper from the series Utawarerumono of Oboro and his sister, Yuzuha. And put together about 10 new e-cards from series like Naruto, Full Metal Panic, Code Geass, and a few others as well. Some are sweet, some are inspirational…most are just silliness. ^^ And I know I’m late but I want to say thank you for over 52,000 downloads of my wallpapers! I’m thrilled and a bit scared to know that many different folks have looked at my little creations! Epilogue: Hmm well my Christmas wish has changed a little bit this week… right now all I wish is to have my house back. LoL Oh thanks everyone for trying to figure out the meaning of Mokkun for me…I’m pretty much giving up and just going to assume it’s just a random name then. Which makes me sad…I was positive that it meant something even if I couldn’t remember it. ^^ Again for those who missed it last week…Quiz Results now hosts the archives of my Anime Word of the Day and Voice Actor listings. Random Question: How are you spending this holiday weekend?

Johnny Yong Bosch’s Biography

Date of birth: January 6, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri Occupation: Editing, Casting, Production, Directing, Writing, Stunts, Acting, Producing Accents: Scottish, Australian, Middle Eastern, Irish, British, Texan Performance Skills: Firearms, Stage Combat, Singing, Diving, Voiceover, Host, Stunts, Martial Arts Musical Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar

I am actually fairly ashamed that I haven’t featured this voice actor on my site before this time. Johnny is honestly one of the most talented voice actors I have ever seen and probably with ever see. His ability to bring emotions of all sorts to his characters is simply astounding. I knew he would be one of my all time favorites from the moment I heard him portray Vash the Stampede and switch between a goof and a tragic character in the frame of one line. Johnny also plays guitar in the band Eyeshine. If you’re interested in learning more about Eyeshine feel free to click on his photo above to see the official site for the group. And wow…am I the only person who didn’t realize that he played Adam the Black Power Ranger and Green Turbo Power Ranger? I just discovered this while looking up his information for this profile. See…even I learn new things doing these little profiles! How did you get into anime (voice acting)? “As far as doing voice-overs? Yeah. Well, what happened is I did an independent film with some guys-Koichi Sakamara, I don't know if you know those guys but one of the producers was actually involved with Pioneer and doing animation. So, what happened was during the actual shoot of our independent film the sound guy messed everything up as far as sound and recorder so we had to redub the whole movie, so the producer that does anime as well heard me and he was like "Well, I think you have kind of a hero voice." Okay, whatever that is. And so he said "I'm gonna get you an audition for something I want you to come in." And it was for Trigun. At the time I believe they had somebody else that might have started already. So then I got that I guess as kind of fluke.” So when you develop a character do you like watching the series first to get an idea of the character? “You know it all really happens on the spot. For instance when I go to an audition most of the time I really don't know what it’s for and I go in and then either I see a picture or I don't. Most of the time they give you a little thing that describes the character, and from there you just kind of have to figure out is he gonna be older with a deeper voice? Is he gonna be kinda wild and crazy or younger, so it’s all kinda once I get in there. Of course if they do show a picture that helps a lot and if they do have the Japanese I try as best as I can to kind of emulate that same tone that the Japanese voice actor did. Mainly because I think that’s what the audience would want as well without copying him exactly. Still be creative in my own sense, but I know and understand the hardest part I think as an American or English speaking voice actor is that when we say something in English it doesn't sound nearly as cool as it does when your speaking Japanese. Like I can say (mustering his bad ass voice)"I'm gonna use this pencil right now" you know "and write something" and it sounds stupid ok? But in Japanese it’s all like (in angry psuedo Japanese male voice Johnny imitates the pencil line, which sounds convincingly like the real thing) you know and it's like "Holy crap that was cool! Hey!" So I think as far as dialect Japanese is gonna sound cooler. But I think as an actor you gotta help the fans out a little bit you know? At least cross over.” Just a short listing of his voice acting career. Akira as Shotaro Kaneda BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad as Saku Bleach as Ichigo Kurosaki Daphne in the Brilliant Blue as Jonouchi Eureka 7 as Renton Thurston Fullmetal Alchemist as Lujon (ep 35) Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo as Albert Gate Keepers as Reiji Kageyama Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as J • D (ep 9) GUNxSWORD as Michael Heat Guy J as Claire Leonelli Last Exile as Claus Valca Mars Daybreak as Gram River Mirage of Blaze as Kotaro Fuuma Naruto as Genma Shiranui; Shigure Paradise Kiss as Hiroyuki Tokumori Planetes as Kyuutarou Hoshino Please Twins! as Maiku Kamishiro Saiyuki Reload as Rampa (ep. 4) Samurai Champloo as Shinsuke (ep 7) Trigun as Vash the Stampede Witch Hunter Robin as Haruto Sakaki Wolf's Rain as Kiba

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